Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-07-20
BASEBALL.
Ths Race for the Champisnshlp-
The Chicago Clubs Big
Squirt.
An Interesting Chat With President
spalding Why the Champions
Are Playing Good Ball.
lcHrcAoo CORRESPONDENCE j

[cHIcAGo CoBREsPoNDENcE.I
For the past two weeks the fight for the
League pennant has been narrowing down
to the three present leaders in the race, DE-
troit, Chicago and Boston, and the PROS
poets for last seasons great struggle b.
tween Detroit and the White Stockings be-
ing fought over again are improving With
almost each day that passes. No one seams
more strongly convinced than Prssfdon1
Hpal sush 1ill - q k A
when asked Saturday how Is thcuehS y
would all end, he said: Nothing fhat
know Of now can stop n.
We shall win the pennant in
gallop If our men continue to play the ball
they are playing now, and even though ws
should meet with misfortune Of any kind,
such as the disabling of our players, post
poned games through unfavorable wealth.
er, or any Of the other ills ball club il
heir to, we shall, think, beat Boston and
New York out at the finish, and take :
good second place, We usually have /
pretty fair share Of luck, however. and
by the 18th day Of August ! expect to see
before the team returned to Chicago
on June 8 that, before it left ON
its next Eastern trip, We should be
In second place. You see that the pre-
diction has been verified. Al for Detroit,
the team is playing q strong and winning
game just at present. II may continue 10
do SO. As you soc by the result OF Last
weeks games, however, the team IL mot
too strong to be beaten by New York. There
is an element of grit and nerve in The New
York team that one cannot help admiring,
and il they should steadily improve from
now until the end Of the season, II would
not surprise me in the least. On the COM
trary, / rather anticipate that such win b
the case"
as there any prospect that the Associa-
that Indianapolis will drop ont; or, that ii
the event Of the failure Of the two big or.
ganizations to become one, that the St.
Louis Browns will be admitted to the
League circuit?"
well, it is an yet little early 70 discuss
such matters, and yet am free to confess
that have thought Of all Of them. In the
first place, the matter Of consolidation u N
exactly the same state II has been In for
six months past save that the demonstrated
superiority Of the st. Louis and Baltimore
clubs has made it pretty clearly apparent,
that they are ont Of their class in the
association. At no time since The
matter of consolidation has been consid-
cred or proposed has the time for il been
SO propiti0us. can not say on the whole,
many newspaper correspondents have Fep-
resented me TO be. The League - withOut
question the greatest athletic and amuse-
ment organization Of it, kind In The world
to-day. Look where you will and And any
salary lists q $500, ,5O6 s ysss. snd 6 !.
penses Of fully three quarters Of million.
Point out any enterprise that can draw
$4,000 people to it, performances in .
single day, and will grant that It d 3
greater organization than the National
League OF American Ball Clubs. There =
no comparison that can see between the
League and the Association.
ais there any position in the Chicago
club that could be strengthened"
"Not one that know Of. Chicago has 3
team to-day that excels in playing strength
and effectiveness in team work that Of any
to-day with any baseball organixation
that exists and win q majority Of the
games We play them. That IL my per-
sonal opinion. you understand. And 1T
me say that, while credit much Of the
teams success to it, ability, belisve Caat
our steady and unbroken line OF sucoeeooo
during the past month 10 due q much to
the temperate habits Of the men % to any.
thing else. A great many people seem t.
think that the team il abstaining this yoar
because Of written contracts to that s4ect.